City of St. Louis v. Roe

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by the trial court of creating a nuisance in violation of City Ordinance Numbers 11.58.240 and 11.-58.050 and was fined one hundred dollars. We reverse.

The information alleged that defendant on the 24th of May 1989, at 4301 Connecticut, in the City of St. Louis, “did then and there unlawfully fail to abate violation of Health Ordinance as follows: 11.58.240 Waste water or f ref use [sic] discharging in street, alley, etc. In violation of Section 11.58.240 and 11.58.050; Revised Code, City of St. Louis, 1980.”

City Ordinance 11.58.240 reads:

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